‘The importance of speaking English to Rural students’ by T. Bhaskar David

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English is the most widely spoken language in the world and it stands out as the most popular and influential on earth. It is being spoken almost all over world and has gained a prominent place in the minds and hearts of people especially even the rural students want to learn the second language by any chance. Even though it is a second and alien language many parents want their children to learn English for which they are ready to spend any amount of physical labour and financial assistance. The daily wager expects his children to study in the English medium schools. This awareness has come among the rural people. Although India is a multi-cultural country English has become the common and official language of the people today in the computer world. In the internet world, people and rural students want to acquire the speaking skills of English by any means, coaching centres, spoken English classes etc. it is the felt need and need of the hour for rural students to learn the importance of speaking skills of English today. This research article throws some light on the salient features of the importance of speaking skills of English to rural students in a detailed manner. (more…)

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‘Teaching English as a Foreign Language’ by Dr. Anuradha Mishra

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The  topic  of  my  research paper  ‘Teaching English  as  a  Foreign  Language’ is one  of  the  most  modern  and  widely  researched  topic   throughout  the world  in  present  times. This  is  one  of  main  reasons  which  led  me  to  choose  this  topic  of  research.  Some of the  other reasons  for  the  selection  of  this  topic  are  discussed  briefly  below which  include  my  very  own  14  years  experience  of  teaching  English  in  a  non – native  country.  I  strongly  hope   that   my   work   proves  to  be  a  valuable  contribution  towards  the  field  of  entire  research  related  to  this  topic  carried  out  in  different  parts  of  the  world.       (more…)

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‘Use of Authentic materials in ELT at the Tertiary level in Engineering colleges: Some approaches and experiments’ by R. Nilavu

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English language is a vital factor in one’s career. The thirst for improvement and the impact for the language are developing in leaps and bounds particularly among the tertiary level students. English Language Teaching to such tertiary level students who are the speakers of other languages is the need of the hour. Students of Engineering colleges have to be trained for their professional career which includes making them highly communicative imbibing the four skills LSRW. At the same time, it is the prime duty of the teachers to give the students enough exposure on the current relevant events and enhance their language. The writer aims at achieving both at a single throw using authentic materials. Enough approaches have been made using articles, reports and news items from newspapers and magazines. The result is that the students found the class interesting, enlivening and entertaining at the same time paved way for language learning. The success of the methodology adopted is measured by the interest shown by the students. (more…)

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